Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-02-09
RAILROAD BOND PETITION.
To the Honorable Board of County Com
nliSsioRers Of the County Of Barber, ia
The State of Kansas

10 he H0HOrd0te Board OF County COM
nliSsiOners Of the County Of Barber, ia
the State Of Kansas:
The undersigned, being more than two-ifths
Of the resident taxpayers of Medicine Lodge
township. of the county of barber. in the state
OF Kansas, respectfully pray your honorable
body to submit tothe qualified electors of said
township proposition to- subscribe Thirty
Thousand Dollars to the capital stock of the
Kansas and Panhandle Railroad Company, a
corporation created and existing under and by
virtue of the laws of the state of Kansas, which
proposes to construct n line OF railroad into
and through said township. And that I'm pay
ment for said subscription of satd stock, bonds
Of said township shall be issued in sums of One
Thousand Dollars each, payable I'm Thirty
Years from date OF issue, with interest payable
semiannually, at the rate of six per cent per
annum, on the first day of January and the
first day Of July of each AMI every Year, until
said principal shall become due; and said bonds
shall have attached thereto, senli-annual in
terest coupons; and the said bonds doth prin-
cipal and interestl shall be payable at the fiscal
agency Of the state OF kunsas, la the city OF
New York, in the state of New York.
And the conditions on which said subscrip-
tion to the capital stock shall be made. are.
that the said railroad company shall construct
and operate and maintain said railroad of
standard gauge, from some point on the north
or Gust side of said township. and running
thence through said t-wnship, and have the
same in operation on or before the Dist day OF
December. A. D., 1887; and erect and maintain
depot and station in said township. as fol
lews, to-wit: Within thrcc-foIrths Cd of a
mile or the CROSSING OF Nh N ana hAuSts
avenue. in the ,ity of Medicine Lodge.
And we further pray that you order special
election, to be held in said township, I'm pur-
suance OF chapter l07 of tho laws of 1875 and
sa-, amendatory thereof, to vote upon the
question of subscribing for said stock, "a afore-
\ said And the form of the ballots to be used
at such election, aud for such proposition. be:
For Subscription to Stock OF the Kansas
and Panhandle Railroad Company"
And those against such proposition to be:
against SuDScf iDti0O to Stock of the Kan
| sas and Panhandle Railroad Company"
And whereas, said Board OF County Commits
si0ncrs have examined said petition. and 1t
| having been shown to the satisfaction of said
! Board that said petition has been signed by
more than twoffths of the resident tax-pay-
! ers in said township. and IL In the for II pre-
I scribcd by law. and Is in all respects regular
! and legal, and said Board so finds and de
! clarCs.
Now, therefore. pursuant to the prayer of
said petition, and tho statutes In such case
made aud provided, IL j. hereby ordered by the
Board of County Commissioners, of said coun-
| ty, That a special election be held vt the US
ual voting place in said Township on
MONDAY, THE 2lsT DAY or FEBRU AIRY, 1887.
ut which said election the proposition act forth
\ in the hereinbefore rccited petition-whch pc
| tition, with the signatures thereto omitted. is
| hereby made part of this Order-shall tie sub
United to the legally qualified voters of said
township, for their decision by ballot.
And IL Is further ordered hy said Board of
| County Commissioners that the sheriff of said
| county, make due proclamation to the voters
! of said township Of the holding of said elec-
| ton at the time and place aforesaid, by pub
lIshng the same for 30 days or more next pre-
| ccding the day of holding said election, in
some newspaper, published In said county, and
/ having n general circulation In said township.
and that tn said proclamation, said sheriff set
\ forth the above and foregoing order, and re-
cite said petition therein.
| In witness whereof, we, the undersigned
chairman and members Of the Board of Coun-
/ ~ Commissioners, of the County of Barber,
/ state of Kansas, have hcrcuntO, set our hands
! as chairman and members aforesaid. at the
| county scat of said county, this 18th day of
! January, a. ID. 1887.
W. W. Cook, Chairman.
| JOHN MCtiRATB, Commissioner,
| j. ID. FLEMING, Commissioner.
As attest, my signature and seal of said Bar
| Der County, hereto affixed this 18th day of jan
! IsEALl. ROBERT J. TALIAFERRO,
| County Clerk OF Barber County, State OF Kan
| sa5.
Now therefore, I, Charles d. Nelson. sheriff
OF Barberc OnntY. Kansas, under aud bY vir-
| tue of tho foregoing order Of the Board of
County Com missiUners, of said county, and
the authority i'm me vested by law as such
Sheriff, dc, hereby, proclaim and make known,
that there will he held, special election of
! the qualified voters of Medicine Lodge town.
ship, In said county, at the usual vot
ing place In said township on
MONDAY, THE 2Isr DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1887
upon the proposition as set forth, I'm the said
order of said Board of County Commissioners
or said Barber county, Kansas, and in the
manner and form as therein set forth, and thai
suid election will be held, the returns made
and the result ascertained in the same manner
rs Is provided by law for general elections.
Done mt my Office, I'm the City OF Medicine
Lodge, in said county of Barber, this nth day
CHARLES u. NELSON,
Sheriff OF Barber County,
By WA. LINDSEY,
Hinder GheriR